All Animals: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square in India
India: All Animals: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square was 4,168 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square in India, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in India stood at 4,168 kg per square kilometre. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in India peaked at 4,168 kg per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,130 kg per square kilometre, in 1963.
That places India 19th out of 170 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
All Animals: Amount excreted in manure (N content) … square in India, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,163 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 2,136 kg per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 2,130 kg per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 2,140 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 2,140 kg per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,215 kg per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 1967 | 2,201 kg per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 2,228 kg per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 2,244 kg per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 2,238 kg per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 2,267 kg per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 2,300 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 2,295 kg per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 2,331 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 2,353 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 2,392 kg per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 2,424 kg per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 2,476 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 2,548 kg per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 2,603 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 2,661 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 2,737 kg per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 2,795 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 2,838 kg per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 2,865 kg per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 2,918 kg per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 2,962 kg per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 2,997 kg per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 3,031 kg per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 3,067 kg per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 3,104 kg per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 3,154 kg per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 3,178 kg per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 3,208 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 3,236 kg per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 3,266 kg per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 3,285 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 3,295 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 3,306 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 3,311 kg per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 3,337 kg per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 3,354 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 3,382 kg per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 3,452 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 3,528 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 3,600 kg per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 3,711 kg per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 3,712 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3,714 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 3,722 kg per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 3,724 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 3,723 kg per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 3,767 kg per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 3,789 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 3,828 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 3,868 kg per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 3,906 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 3,947 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 3,985 kg per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 4,039 kg per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 4,090 kg per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 4,119 kg per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 4,168 kg per square kilometre | +1.2% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 4,168 kg per square kilometre is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,500 kg per square kilometre, 2.8× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- India's 4,168 kg per square kilometre is above the median for South Asia, which is 3,197 kg per square kilometre, 1.3× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,177 kg per square kilometre | 2,130 kg per square kilometre | 2,244 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,362 kg per square kilometre | 2,238 kg per square kilometre | 2,548 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,841 kg per square kilometre | 2,603 kg per square kilometre | 3,031 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,210 kg per square kilometre | 3,067 kg per square kilometre | 3,306 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,510 kg per square kilometre | 3,311 kg per square kilometre | 3,714 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,826 kg per square kilometre | 3,722 kg per square kilometre | 3,985 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,104 kg per square kilometre | 4,039 kg per square kilometre | 4,168 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near India
- 16 Lebanon 4,404 kg per square kilometre compare
- 17 Ethiopia 4,176 kg per square kilometre compare
- 18 Rwanda 4,176 kg per square kilometre compare
- 20 Mauritius 3,620 kg per square kilometre compare
- 21 Trinidad and Tobago 3,484 kg per square kilometre compare
- 22 Uruguay 3,456 kg per square kilometre compare
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 12.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.954 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 17.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in India?
- All animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square in India was 4,168 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 4,168 kg per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,130 kg per square kilometre in 1963.
- How does India rank for all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square?
- India ranks 19th out of 170 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all animals — amount excreted in manure (n content), per square rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- All Animals — Amount excreted in manure Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
All Animals — Amount excreted in manure (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.